https://www.ft.com/content/00b7069c-d5ef-11e8-ab8e-6be0dcf18713
Mr Gupta is the first Indian chief executive of a bank that has only ever known westerners and chinese at the helm. But after serving in executive roles in east Asia for 20 years, and in Singapore for eight years, there was no cultural mismatch: “Indians have a long history of leadership in Singapore,” he says.
With the bank’s market share significantly improved, Mr Gupta has one final challenge, and it is only partly in his hands: the appointment of his successor. “There is such an enormous gap between Piyush and everyone else,” says the board member. “Can we really have confidence that the momentum will outlive Piyush? Can any successor really ensure that there is no reversal?”
Mr Gupta is the first Indian chief executive of a bank that has only ever known westerners and chinese at the helm. But after serving in executive roles in east Asia for 20 years, and in Singapore for eight years, there was no cultural mismatch: “Indians have a long history of leadership in Singapore,” he says.
With the bank’s market share significantly improved, Mr Gupta has one final challenge, and it is only partly in his hands: the appointment of his successor. “There is such an enormous gap between Piyush and everyone else,” says the board member. “Can we really have confidence that the momentum will outlive Piyush? Can any successor really ensure that there is no reversal?”
